Building record 368/3/1 - Chapel of St. Mary and St. Edmund

Church built in 1861-2, on the foundations of the 17th century chapel of Old Catesby House, by Gillet of Leicester for James Attenborough. The porch and vestry were added in 1894. The building is of ironstone ashlar, with tiled roofs.

{1} Church. Built 1861-2 on foundations of C17 chapel of Old Catesby House by Gillet of Leicester for James Attenborough. Porch and vestry of 1894. Ironstone ashlar, tiled roof. Rectangular plan. 3-light mullioned and transomed east window with hood mould. 2-light mullioned windows to north and south sides. Angle and side buttresses. String courses below windows. One-bay vestry on south-east corner. West porch timber-framed on low stone walls. Small single-light window above porch. At apex of gable stone bellcote with single open pointed arch containing one bell. Roof has 2 timber dormers north and south and stone coped gables with kneelers. Interior: reset piscina and sedilia of c.1300 from Catesby Priory of 3 bays with crocketed gables and pinnacles, now framing door to vestry. Fragments of medieval stained glass in west window. C19 stained glass in east and south-east windows. C17 woodwork from former chapel including late C17 communion rail with barley sugar balusters. Early C17 pulpit with tester. Jacobean panels incorporated in pews. Some of Jacobean-style timber corbels supporting roof may be original. Painted Royal Arms of Charles II at west end and hatchments of Parkhurst family. (Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.145; Rev. S.H. Marriott, Some Notes for a History of Catesby).

{8} Undated photo.

{14} Medieval glass fragments present in the west window.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 4/42 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F05 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN44900.

<2> Serjeantson R.M.; Ryland W. (Editors), 1906, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, pp.121-5 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100369.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.145 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Marriott, Rev. S.H., Some Notes for a History of Catesby, (unchecked) (Book). SNN109134.

<7> Glynne S., 1859, Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne, (unchecked) (Manuscript). SNN39492.

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<9> Baker G., 1830, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.290-91 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77327.

<10> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.35-36 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77325.

<11> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, District of Daventry, 24/02/1987 (Report). SNN112993.

<12> Historic England, Undated, St Mary and St Edmund's Chapel, Lower Catesby, Catesby, BF107264 (Archive). SNN115770.

<13> Richmond H., 1988, Survey of Northamptonshire Parish Churches (Unpublished Report). SNN1195.

<14> Marks R., 1998, Stained Glass Of Northamptonshire, p. 35 (Book). SNN101533.

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Dec 17 2024 3:58PM